The act of sniffing black pepper has been explored in some studies for its potential to interrupt and shift habitual behaviors and cravings. The inhalation of black pepper's pungent scent may engage the... continue reading
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Few of the monsters that evolution created have been so successful at hurting us as the variola virus, responsible for smallpox. The carnage it caused was so terrible and merciless that it compelled humankind,... continue reading
posted by eric3579 7 months 3 weeks ago • 143 views • 11:09An experiment to show that light acts as a particle with energy and mass.
posted by newtboy 7 months 4 weeks ago • 130 views • 58 secsA San Bernardino officer attacked a man being held at knifepoint by his girlfriend, assuming the unarmed man must be the aggressor. The man defended himself, punching the cop, and taking her gun and firing... continue reading
posted by newtboy 9 months ago • 127 views • 10:48Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), in his capacity as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, co-led a hearing of the full Judiciary... continue reading
posted by newtboy 11 months ago • 277 views • 5:49Dorothea Lange’s photos of the incarceration of Japanese Americans went largely unseen for decades. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt passed Executive Order 9066 in February 1942 — two months... continue reading
posted by eric3579 2 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 82 views • 14:39From Youtube, "By the end of the 21st century, humanity is becoming desperate. Decades of heatwaves and droughts have led to unusually poor harvests, while the warming oceans yield fewer fish each year.... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 3 years 5 months ago • 509 views • 9:10jive turkey motha fucka
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 4 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 24 views • 2:21From Youtube, "I bought 10,000 shade balls and tried to swim in them. They appear to act like a non-Newtonian fluid: rigid under high shear stress, but they flow like a liquid under low shear."
posted by w1ndex 4 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 104 views • 10:42Legendary actor Denzel Washington says a recent movie role hasn’t changed his views on America’s criminal justice system and that black incarceration finds its roots in fatherless homes.
posted by bobknight33 5 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 931 viewsAt the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty.... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 3 weeks ago • 406 views • 7:08YT: I built an A frame hut as a large work space for projects. First I made a celt hatchet to cut timber for the hut. The axe head was made of amphibolite and the handle was made of a species of wattle.... continue reading
posted by nanrod 6 years 2 months 1 week ago • 524 views • 9:05"... Read more about the concept of non-state spaces: https://goo.gl/UsgDDy For thousands of years, humans have drawn lines on the earth, dividing the planet into nations. But there are some parts of... continue reading
posted by ant 6 years 4 months ago • 22 views • 13:27In this classic Sesame Street clip, we take a visit to the saxophone factory to see how the horn is made. Throughout, a delightful free jazz soundtrack acts as foley sound, instead of us hearing the (probably... continue reading
posted by BSR 6 years 5 months ago • 69 views • 2:06"Cats often do hilarious and unexpected things. Watch THIS video to see cats doing something very unusual — acting like dogs! ..."
posted by ant 6 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 14 views • 4:01An orphaned red-tailed hawk that was adopted by bald eagles has defied expectations and survived, and now it's acting like an eagle.
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 8 months ago • 847 views • 1:35"In this episode of GREEN PORNO, Isabella Rossellini explores the reproductive miracles of starfish. Subscribe to SundanceTV: http://goo.gl/GTzxOZ Isabella Rossellini's critically acclaimed and provocative... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 67 views • 2:34"Isabella Rossellini explores the special reproductive talents of the barnacle in this episode of GREEN PORNO. Subscribe to SundanceTV: http://goo.gl/GTzxOZ Isabella Rossellini's critically acclaimed... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 205 views • 3:04"In this episode of GREEN PORNO, Isabella Rossellini explores the sexy and dangerous life of the shrimp. Subscribe to SundanceTV: http://goo.gl/GTzxOZ Isabella Rossellini's critically acclaimed and... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 231 views • 4:21The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult. It was nicknamed "Norsupyssy"... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 133 views • 10:14